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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 406,281, dated July 2, 1889.

Application filed September 8, 1888. Serial No. 284,902. (No model.)

To ail whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDUARD HERZIG, a resident of \Vest Hoboken, Hudson county, New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Looms, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide improved means for regulating the power with which a batten shall beat up the weft.

The invention consists in the details of impror'em cut and the combinations of parts that will be more fully hereinafter set forth.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion of a loom embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section thereof on the line (2 c, Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a detail view of the removable weight, hereinafter specified.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A represents the frame of a loom, and B is the batten, which parts may be of suitable construction. The batten B is connected to a cross-bar D, that is hung at its ends in suitable bearings in the frame A, so that the batten may swing on said pivots. This construction being old, I do not consider it necessary to show said pivots for the batten. The batten B also has a crossbar at below the cross-bar D.

E is a bracket that is carried by the batten,and that is connected to the cross-barsD a. This bracket is more clearly shown in Fig. 2. The upper edge of the bracket E at one side, say, the front side of the cross-bar D, isslightly curved, as shown at b in Fig. 2. The upper edge cl of the bracket E, that extends rearwardly or on the opposite side of the cross-bar D, is preferably substantially straight fora portion of its length, as in Fig. 2.

F is a lever that is situated above the bracket E, and that rests upon the curved part1) of the bracket E, as at c. This part c of the lever F is preferably curved to correspond to the curve 11. The forward end of the lever F passes freely through a slotted support f, that is secured to the upper part of the frame A. 50 This end of said lever is pivoted at a in a frame G, that is adapted to be moved vertioally along the face of the support f. The upper edge of the frame G has a screw-threaded socket g, that receives a screw it, carried by thesupport f. The lower part of the frame G is provided with a slot 2', that receives a bolt j, that passes from the frame A or support f. By turning up the nut. on said bolt the frame G may be rigidly held upon the support f. To raise or lower the frame G, it is only necessary to loosen the nut on the bolt j and to turn the screw h. WVhen the frame G is in the desired position, the nut on the bolt j is turned up to hold the frame Gin the desired position. On the opposite or free end of the lever F, I may place a weight H, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. This weight H presses the free end of the leverFagainst the edge (1 of the bracket E, thereby causing the batten to move with considerable force.

The batten shown in the accompanying drawings may be operated by hand or by the means shown in United States Letters Patent No. 286,081, dated October 2, 1883, or in any other suitable manner. When it is desired that the batten should strike with a soft blow, the outer end of the lever F may be lowered by depressing the frame G, when the weight of the lever will come more on the curved edge I) of the bracket E. If the batten should strike too heavily, the weight H may be entirely removed from the lever F. If it be desired to increase the power of the stroke of the batten, the weight H may be placed upon the lever F and the outer end of said lever raised slightly, so as to throw weight upon the edge d of the bracket E, to force the lower end of the batten forward. To increase the power of the blow of the batten materially, the free end of the lever F should be raised 0 in the support f, so as to put great weight upon the edge (Z of the bracket E. As the batten makes its blow, the curved edge I) of the bracket E, by riding upon the curved edge e of the lever F, will act to raise said lever slightly, and thereby cushion the blow of the batten. The bracket E and lever F by working together produce a steady and even motion, whether the weight upon the edge (1 of the bracket E may be increased or lessened. IOO

The outer end of the leverF may be raised higher than the frame G can move it by placing the pivot a in a higher hole in said frame. (See Fig. 2.)

Having now described my invention, what I claim is-- 1. The combination, with a batten, of the bracket E, carried by said batten, and of the lever F, for engaging said bracket, substantially as described.

2. In a loom, the batten B, carrying the bracket E, said bracket having the edges 1) d, combined with the lever F, that rests upon said bracket, the outer part e of said lever being adapted to contact with the edge I) of the bracket and the inner part of said lever being adapted to contact with the edge d of the bracket, substantially as described.

In a loom, the batten B, and the bracket E carried thereby, combined with the lever F, that engages said bracket, and the Weight II, carried by said lever, substantially as described.

4. In aloom, the combination, with the frame A, carrying the support f and the lever F, of the frame G, to which the lever F is connect-- ed, the batten B and bracket E, carried by said batten and engaging said lever, substantially as described.

5. In a loom, the frame A, having support f, said support carrying the screw it and the boltj, and the frame G, engaged by said screw and bolt, combined with the lever F, pivoted in said frame G, and with the batten B and bracket E, carried by said batten, upon which bracket the lever F rests, and with the weight H, all arranged and operated substantially as herein shown and described.

EDUARD l-IERZIG.

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GUSTAV SCHNEPPE, HARRY M. TURK. 

